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Subject:    [privoxy-devel] [ ijbswa-Feature Requests-1359374 ] background service?
From:       "SourceForge.net" <noreply () sourceforge ! net>
Date:       2005-11-29 8:10:47
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Feature Requests item #1359374, was opened at 2005-11-17 16:10
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Category: Win32 integration
Group: future
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: background service?

Initial Comment:
Hello Privoxy Developers,

This is one of those cases where I wish I were using 
*nix because this would be trivial, but alas, I'm tied 
to Windows until my next computer.

Basically, the request is for an option to install 
Privoxy as a service.  This has a couple of benefits 
such as not needing to explicitly start the server (I 
consider starting upon logon explicitly starting -- as 
opposed to starting when the computer turns on).  This 
also would allow me to use Privoxy as a non-power user, 
while leaving it to be installed by a power user.

I don't do much Windows programming (just Windows using
 ;) ), so I don't know how difficult it is to 
implement.  I doinced around in the registry last night 
trying to slip one by Windows to make it /think/ that 
Privoxy was a service, but to no avail.  The basic 
message was that Privoxy couldn't read config.txt.  To 
make it start, I had to explicitly start it when I 
logged on as a power user.

A thought for those in the know.

Kevin Hunter
hunteke
earlham edu

P.S.  It's possible that I missed something about this 
in the requests, FAQ's, or documentation.  If so, I 
apologize.

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Comment By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Date: 2005-11-29 00:10

Message:
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Ah thank you!  I was not aware of this binary.  I'll check it out.

Kevin Hunter

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Comment By: Mattes Dolak (xoft)
Date: 2005-11-19 15:15

Message:
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user_id=523169

Hi,
there has already been a patch that would enable Privoxy to 
be started as a service, however, i dont know if it was 
incorporated into the binaries.
There is still a chance for you, though: there is a 
utility, srvany.exe, that can start almost any application 
as a service. Google for it on the web, or use my little 
info page at 
http://xoft.matfyz.cz/privoxy/index_en.html#my_service . 
Hope this helps at least a bit.

_X

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